Add a System DSN on a 64 bit operating system to aid ODBC testing in Silk Performer

Add a System DSN on a 64 bit operating system to aid ODBC testing in Silk Performer

The steps outlined in the Silk Performer Miscellaneous tutorial, under the section 'Setting up a data source' are only valid for 32bit operating systems. It is not possible to configure a System DSN using the steps outlined in the tutorial on a 64bit machine.

If these steps are not followed, when the user click on the 'Add...' button in the System DSN tab, they will only get a list of 64bit drivers. Most systems will not include many 64bit drivers, for example compare the list of 64bit drivers in this instance:

to the 32bit drivers on the same machine:

If you are using a 64bit machine to create a System DSN for use in the High-Level ODBC Interface in Silk Performer, but do not see a list of available drivers, please try the steps above. If there are still issues finding a suitable driver on your system please contact your system administrator for more details.

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